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Michelle Telfer In Her Own Words
ACON actively supports and promotes transgender medicine via their website…
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Queer Theory & “Thinking Sex”
The concept of Gender Identity itself comes from medicine and…
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ACON’s Influence on Public Policy: Erasing Maternity Leave Entitlement
ACON through the Pride in Diversity scheme and the AWEI is influencing language use, so that you can no longer link women’s issues in the workplace to the female sex.
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ACON’s Influence Over the Media
Pride in Diversity lists the following members in the media…
International Landscape
ACON's Pride in Diversity and Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI)…
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AWEI Benchmarking: Scores Not Outcomes
ACON publishes benchmarking slides intended to use for presenting and…
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What Is AWEI’s Focus?
The Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) is a list of…
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Sport Inclusion Guidelines
The rules for Transgender sporting participation are set out in…
How ACON lobbies to change culture, policy and law
Around 70 government agencies take advice from ACON. ACON's advice is framed as best practice for overall diversity and inclusion, but only takes account of LGBTQ needs.
ACON’s Funding
ACON's major funding source is NSW Health. ACON receives $17 million per year in grants.
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AWEI Drives Donations and Pro Bono Support to ACON
There are several questions in the AWEI which encourage donation to “LGBTQ Charities”, which includes ACON.
Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI)
The AWEI is ACON's list of annual activities for inclusive organisations to complete. The AWEI does not balance the needs of diverse groups, only promoting LGB and in particular, Transgender entitlement
How Pride in Diversity is Structured
Pride in Diversity is a business unit within ACON which operates a number of "Pride in" branded schemes. These schemes engage with organisations to provide cultural guidance, training and consulting services.